Safety Harbor, Florida - The Jewel of Tampa Bay
The City of Safety Harbor is a well-planned, vibrant community that successfully balances responsible, innovative growth while carefully safeguarding its idyllic ambiance. Its quaint downtown, convenient neighborhood shopping centers and compact industrial zones are nestled around western Tampa Bay. Safety Harbor is highly regarded for its stable neighborhoods, A-rated schools and extensive parks and recreation system,

Photo courtesy of the Safety Harbor Chamber of Commerce

Major employers include the historic Safety Harbor Resort and Spa, Mease Countryside Hospital, Angelica Textile Services, Jacobsen Homes, MCT Engineering, Brooks Way Adjusting, Burn’s In Star Service Group and National Exemption Service.

Opportunities
Planning for its nearly 160-acre Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) is guided by the Downtown Master Plan. The Safety Harbor Community Redevelopment Agency has a robust Downtown Partnership Program that offers matching grants and other financial incentives for rehabilitation projects and new construction that meet local objectives. The City is actively promoting small-scale infill, adaptive reuse and context-sensitive redevelopment in the downtown area.

Entrepreneurs

The goal is for the PCEDA to design and construct an approximate 50,000 square-foot business incubator space and outsource the operation to a third party operator. The incubator shall provide two primary functions: (1) support programs and services such as business mentoring/coaching, idea validation, strategy development, marketing assistance, network opportunities, workforce development, access to capital, access to b-schools and interns, and standard office resources; and (2) a dedicated workspace that is a combination of affordable leased spaces and flexible collaborative workspaces.The business incubator shall leverage local and regional entrepreneurship and innovation programs/activities to best support start-ups and small businesses that create high salaried jobs throughout the County and the region. The business incubator shall support targeted industry clusters, and help the County become a leader in sustained entrepreneurship.